Tilting pitcher



(No Model.)

T. L. I. BULLUSS.

TILTING PITGHER.

' No. 248,570. Patented Oct. 25,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @rrIcE.

THOMAS L. I. BUIJLUSS, OF BIRMINGHAM, CONNEUTIOUT.

TlLTlNG PITCH ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 248,570, dated October25, 1881 Application filed July 26,1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS L. I. BULLUss, acitizen of the United States, residing at Birmingham, in the county ofNew Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Receptacles for Tilting or Swinging Water or IcePitchersand I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention consists in certain improvements in the construction oftilting pitchers, as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my completedevice. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the rocking frame within whichthepitcher rests. Fig.3 shows thepitcher separately. Fig. 4 is a frontelevation of the standard and base with the rocking frame supportedtherein.

A represents a pitcher, which may be of any of the ordinaryconstructions used for holding water or other fluids, and having aflanged bottom, a.

B represents a base, to which the lower ends of upwardly-extending armsor standards 0 are secured. These standards 0 form at the top a handleor bail, O, by means of which the device may be readily transported fromplace to place, as desired. Midway or at any other convenient or desiredpoint of the inner face of each standard 0, 1- form or attach anupwardly-extending bracket, 1), having a vertical slot, 0, open at itsupper end to receive the pivots d on each side of the standards 6 of therocking frame D, within which the pitcher rests. This rocking frame Dconsists of a hollow base, f, to receive the drippings from the spout ofthe pitcher and the water of condensation often found upon pitchers whenthe surrounding atmosphere is of a higher tempera ture than the interiorof the pitcher. The bottom of the pitcher rests upon the upper bottom,9, of the base of the tilting or rocking frame, which bottom has anorifice,-g, formed therein, through which the water descending the sidesof the pitcher flows to the hollowed base f. At the bottom of the baseis aperforation, It, and a short tube or outlet, 71/, guarded by ascrew-cap, t. Through this outlet the liquid entering the basef may bereadily withdrawn without necessitating the removal of the pitcher Afrom its frame D. An upwardly-extending flange, E, receives and holdsthe flanged lower end of the pitcher, which is still further securedtherein by means of the inwardly-protrudin g stops or pro'ections l (ofwhich there are preferably two) at one side of the rim or flange E and ascrew,m, on the opposite side.

The standards 0 are preferably broader or have additional pieces, 0,secured thereto at their lower ends to strengthen them at that part, soas to afford increased support at that point.

The pivots d preferablyhave enlarged heads or outer ends, which, whenthe rocking frame is hung upon the brackets b, will rest against theouter faces of said brackets. andprevent the frame D slipping outhorizontally.

One or more stops are formed on the inner side or sides of either orboth of the standards 0 at their lower ends, to engage with the bot tomof the pitcher on its return after being tilted and preventits tiltingbackward.

The tilting frame D having been hooked onto the brackets b, carried bythe standards 0, a pitcher formed of any desired material, and havingeither a flange or recess at its lower endis placed upon the bottom 9.The screw m is then turned inward to the position shown in Fig. 1, andthe pitcher is then held securely within the frame D, ready for use. Byretracting the screw to to the position shown in Fig. 2 the pitcher maybe readily withdrawn whenever occasion requires.

By my device most of the pitchers now in ordinary use can be utilized astilting pitchers, as no special construction, exceptthat the lower endhe of such shape that the screw m can operate thereagainst, is required,and there are very few, if any, pitchers in common use that have notsuch shaped lower ends as will admit of the screw operatingagainstthem'tohold them securely within the frame D.

I am aware that it is not new to secure pitchers unprovided with sidepivots in a rocking frame which is pivoted at its upper ends to thestandards of the frame, and such I do not claim. I am not, however,awareof any similar construction of device the rocking frame of which isprovided with a hollow base and means whereby the drip received thereinmay be readily removed withontmoving the pitcher.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new therein is- 1.In a tilting pitcher, the rocking frame D, adapted to receive and holdthe pitcher, and having upper bottom, g, perforated at g,dripreceptaclef, and drip outlet h h '71 at the bottom of the base ofthe rocking frame, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the base B, standards 0 O, and slotted brackets bc, and the tilting frame D, having standards 6, pivots d, and 15 hollowbase f, having inlet 9 and outlet h, projection l, and screw m,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOS. L. 1'. BULLUSS. Vitnesses:

ELI MIX, H. M. SANFORD.

